[noncount] : speed of motion or action : quickness or eagerness that can result in mistakes
▪ The application had been approved with undue haste. — often used with in ▪ He left in haste [=hurriedly, in a hurry], so I didn't get a chance to talk to him. ▪ She sent the letter in haste and later regretted it. ▪ In their haste to leave for the airport, they forgot their passports.
▪ The application had been approved with undue haste. — often used with in ▪ He left in haste [=hurriedly, in a hurry], so I didn't get a chance to talk to him. ▪ She sent the letter in haste and later regretted it. ▪ In their haste to leave for the airport, they forgot their passports.
haste makes waste
US — used to say that doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in time, effort, materials, etc., being wasted
make haste
old-fashioned : to move, act, or go quickly : hurry
▪ “You will be too late, if you do not make haste.” — Jane Austen, Persuasion (1817)
▪ “You will be too late, if you do not make haste.” — Jane Austen, Persuasion (1817)





